37th Annual
Rocky Mountain
AACC Section Conference
April 12 – 13, 2012
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Vendors
Location:
Mountain Preserve Reception Center
1431 E. Dunlap
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85068 602-943-2656
Parking and
Entrance is on the west side of building
Link to
conference site:
http://www.mprc.net/index.html
RSVP:
April 2, 2012 to
Bob Kaplanis:
mailto:Bob.Kaplanis@bannerhealth.com
We need to have
an accurate head count for the food.
April 12, 2012
Morning:
Coffee, Herbal
Tea, Juice, Fruit, Danish, Muffins, Bagels
Sponsored By:
Beckman Coulter
Buffet Lunch:
Spinach Salad
with Sliced Mushrooms, Crisp Bacon and Dressing
Fresh Seasonal
Fruit Salad
Vegetable
Lasagna
Broiled Breast
of Chicken with White Wine Sauce
Rice Pilaf
Fresh
Steamed Vegetable Medley
Rolls, Butter, Coffee, Iced Tea and Soda
Chef’s Choice
for Desert
Agenda:
900 – 1000
Registration,
Continental Breakfast and Vendor Setup
1000
Welcome
1000 – 1100
Visit the
Vendors
1100 – 1200
Lp(a) Cholesterol – Dr. Herb Naito
Sponsored by: Helena
Laboratories
1200 – 1300 Lunch
1300 – 1500
Strategies for
Rational Use,
Utility for
Blood Conservation and Prevention of Iatrogenic Anemia
Dr. Sharon Geaghan, MD, Chief, Pathology,
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, CA,
Sponsored by: Abbott
Point of Care
1500 – 1600
Update on New Drugs of Abuse -
What They are and Where to Test for Them -
Christine Snozek’s Ph.D., Director of Clinical Chemistry
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Point of Care Arizona is
approved as a provider
of continuing education
programs in the clinical laboratory sciences
by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Program.
April 13,
2011
900 – 1000
Coffee, Herbal
Tea, Juice, Fruit, Danish, Muffins, Bagels
Continental
Breakfast Sponsored By:
Telcor
Agenda:
900-1000
Registration and
Welcome
1000 – 1100
Connecting
patients with their lab results via patient portals:
Opportunities
and Controversies
Dr. Corinne
Fantz, Associate professor of Pathology & Laboratory
Medicine
at Emory
University - Atlanta, Georgia
Lecture
Sponsored by: AACCRocky
Mountain Chapter
1100 – 1200
HgbA1C
Julie Myers, MBA
- Senior Product Manager for Diabetes
Lecture
Sponsored by: BioRad
1200 – 1300
Buffet Lunch
Caesar Salad
Fresh Vegetable Salad
Vegetable Lasagna
Roast Sirloin of Beef
Vegetables Parsley Red Potatoes
Green Beans Almandine
Rolls, Butter, Coffee, Iced Tea and Soda
Chef’s Choice for Desert
Lunch Sponsored by:
Abbott Point of Care
1300 – 1400
Hospital
Acquired Infections
Dr. Judy A.
Daly, Ph.D. University of Utah Laboratory,
Primary
Children’s Hospital, Director of Microbiology
Laboratories
Lecture
Sponsored by: Meridin
Bioscience
1400 – 1500
Molecular
Microbiology:
Current
Technologies and Future Applications
Brian Koeneman
Ph.D., Sonora Quest Laboratories, Tempe, Arizona
1500 – 1600
Vitamin D testing and Update
Charbel Abou Diwan Ph.D., Director of Clinical
Chemistry, Toxicology and POCT
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center,
Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, and Sonora Quest
Laboratories
Vendors:
There is a $300
fee for vendors to attend.
The fee is for a
6 foot table to display your product on
Thursday April
12, attend the lectures, breakfast and lunch.
Please bring an electrical cord if you require it.
Vendors
are encouraged to stay for lunch and networking
opportunities.
Let Bob Kaplanis
(Bob.Kaplanis@bannerhealth.com)
know if you will
be staying for lunch or not. |